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Big Things in Peebles for our Birthday Weekend

It's our Peebles store's birthday tomorrow (we'll be 22 years young) and, as is becoming traditional, we've got a long weekend of offers available to celebrate and to kick start your Christmas shopping. We'll be open late tonight while the town Christmas Lights are switched on and there are 20% OFF deals to be had throughout the store until Tuesday

If you need any more excuses to visit Peebles this weekend we can highly recommend the community art event Rapt in Winter being held in local galleries all over the town. You can view their beautiful map here and find out more about the artists and galleries involved via the event website and Richard Rowe's blogs There'll be live music throughout the town too

Last but not least the regular local Food Market is running all weekend with additional hot food from The Restaurant at Kailzie Gardens

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